ROBERT E. SHERWOOD

This country is already, in effect, an arsenal for the democratic Allies

… bootlickers of Hitler

These laws were born of the belief that we could legislate ourselves out of war, as we had one legislated ourselves out of the saloons. These laws were an experiment, noble in motive but disastrous in results.

All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920 was repeat “Avoid foreign entanglements.” All Hoover had to do in 1928 was to endorse Coolidge. All Roosevelt had to do in 1932 was to point to Hoover.

Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.

And who are the greater criminals-those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.

The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.

The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals.

We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.

We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.

… bootlickers of Hitler

All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920 was repeat “Avoid foreign entanglements.” All Hoover had to do in 1928 was to endorse Coolidge. All Roosevelt had to do in 1932 was to point to Hoover.

This country is already, in effect, an arsenal for the democratic Allies

These laws were born of the belief that we could legislate ourselves out of war, as we had one legislated ourselves out of the saloons. These laws were an experiment, noble in motive but disastrous in results.

Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.

The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals.

And who are the greater criminals-those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.

The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make.

The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.